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Repository Software Options
Technical Approaches
There are three main technical approaches to setting up a repository:
- You programme it yourself in-house - the DIY approach
- You can install a standard package in-house
- You can host the repository with an external service provider
Each of these has its pros and cons, discussed below.
The DIY Approach
- Pros - Bespoke solution; Total control.
- Cons - Staff resources; Upgrades; Long-term maintenance; Support.
- Aids - Fedora components.
- Observations - Brave choice; Not popular
Standard Packages
- Pros - Ready-made solution; Probably more functionality; Regular upgrades; Speedier setup.
- Cons - No control over improvements; Regular upgrades may require re-customisation;
- Aids - Software suppliers may also offer set-up services.
- Observations - Most popular approach worldwide; Most packages are free.
External Hosting
- Pros - Ready-made solution; Probably more functionality; Regular upgrades; Potentially fastest setup; No upgrading issues; Minimal staff commitment.
- Cons - Cost; No control over improvements; Security concerns.
- Aids - Host's staff do everything for you.
- Observations - Increasing in popularity
Directory of Repository Software Packages
- Atira - PURE - At research institutions, PURE handles the full process from self-archiving over storage to statistical reporting and automated e-publishing.
- CDS Invenio - CDS Invenio is a suite of applications which provides the framework and tools for building and managing an integrated digital library system
- DoKS - DoKS (Document and Knowledge Sharing application) is a digital library tool that makes it easy to publish, store, share and find documents online
- DSpace - DSpace an open-source solution for accessing, managging and preserving scholarly works
- EPrints - EPrints is a flexible platform for building repositories of research literature, scientific data, student theses
- Equella - Equella is primarily a learning content management system or teaching repository tool that can plug into Blackboard and WebCT.
- ETD-db - Allows the input and management of files and metadata related to a collection electronic theses and dissertations
- Fedora Commons - Fedora Commons provides sustainable technologies to create, manage, publish, share and preserve digital content
- FEZ - Fez is an open source project to produce and maintain a highly flexible web interface to Fedora for any Library or Institution
- Greenstone - Greenstone is a suite of software based on Fedora for building and distributing digital library collections.
- Muradora - Muradora is a web front-end for the Fedora repository
- MyCoRe - MyCoRe is an Open Source project for the development of Repositories, Digital Library and archive solutions
- WildFire - The WildFire OAI repository
Software Comparisons
Neil Godfrey offers a personal "Informal comparison of some institutional repository solutions", covering eight of the above packages, in his Metalogger blog.
The RSP surveyed repository software providers during its Repository Software Day, March 2009. You can view the survey results as a comparative table listing about 50 features, with links to data sheets for individual products and further information. The table is also available as a PDF download [349kB].
The RSP invites suggestions for further useful sources for software comparisons that can be included here.
Add-ons
- @mire - Add-on modules for DSpace software, covering: Repository content & usage analysis, Metadata quality, Image zoom, and Document & Audiovisual streaming.
External Hosting Directory
- Digital Commons Bepress - Digital Commons helps institutions collect, showcase, and preserve scholarly output
- EPrints Services - The EPrints Services team offers a complete range of advice and consultancy to support institutions who have adopted, or who are looking to adopt, the EPrints solution
- ExLibris DigiTool - DigiTool enables academic libraries and library consortia to manage and provide access to digital resources
- Intrallect - intraLibrary is a web-based repository for managing digital objects
- OCLC - CONTENTdm - CONTENTdm is a single software solution that handles the storage, management and delivery of your librarys digital collections to the Web
- Open Repository - Open Repository is a service from BioMed Central to build, launch, host and maintain institutional repositories for organisations
- PublicationsList.org - A commerical public repository with facilities to maintain publications lists (with optional full texts) for individuals, groups, departments, or organisations
- VTLS VITAL - VITAL is an institutional repository solution designed for universities, libraries, museums, archives and information centers, built on Fedora
These are not repository software packages per se, but provide facilities for maintaining publications lists, and may be linkable to full texts and data in other systems.
- Open Journal Systems - Open Journal Systems (OJS) is a journal management and publishing system.
- Symplectic - The Symplectic Performance Suite, including their flagship Publications Management System is designed to meet the needs of managers in the arena of Full Economic Costing and Research Assessment Exercises in the UK
Inclusion of a product or service in this list does not imply any endorsement or recommendation by the RSP
This page provides a directory listing of repository platforms and related services. Entries in this directory are included at the discretion of the RSP. If you feel that any repository software has
been excluded or misrepresented in this directory, please contact the RSP support@rsp.ac.uk
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